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By this point, given how routine he’s made the extraordinary, it should be pretty difficult for Shohei Ohtani to wow a crowd. But that didn’t stop him from doing the incredible on Monday night against the Orioles
Ohtani, who also served as the Angels’ starting pitcher, stepped to the plate in the top of the fifth inning and crushed a ball over all of the seats in right field, drawing stunned reactions from the Orioles’ home crowd and breaking a 4–4 tie to give himself the lead.

SHOHEI OHTANI. GONE
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The NFL is giving Damar Hamlin another tip of the cap, granting the Buffalo Bills safety the award for overcoming the most adversity this season.
Now, “adversity” is a euphemism for what Hamlin experienced on the field on Jan. 2 as a budding safety in the league. Suffering from Commotio Cordis, Hamlin suddenly collapsed on the field at Paycor Stadium from a routine tackle on Bengals wideout Tee Higgins.

Bills’ Damar Hamlin selected as PFWA 2023 George Halas Award winner. The award is given to player, coach or staff member who overcomes most adversity to then find success.

The college athletics world has seen its share of bad news over the past year, whether it be the tragic loss of life at Alabama and Georgia, or players getting into trouble. In the case of who’s to blame, Charles Barkley feels it shouldn’t go towards the coaches.
There are arguments on both sides this topic, with a number of examples. The tragedy at Georgia, when sophomore lineman Devin Willock lost his life, along with Bulldogs staffer Chandler LeCroy, in a car crash after Georgia celebrated its national championship hits hard.

Ahead of the 2023 WNBA season, Aces coach Becky Hammon addressed the prospect of one day becoming an NBA coach in the aftermath of a report linking her to the Raptors’ vacant head coaching job.
Toronto–just two weeks after firing coach Nick Nurse–reportedly received permission on April 27 to interview Hammon, who made WNBA history last summer in leading Las Vegas to its first championship as a rookie coach.

Streaming isn’t going anywhere. It’s clearly the future of broadcasting. However, the future may be coming a bit too quickly. The NFL is diving in headfirst and is set to air a Wild Card playoff game on NBC’s streaming service, Peacock.
The good news for fans in local markets of the two teams playing the game is that those markets will have the game on a traditional network, likely NBC.

Colorado and new coach Deion Sanders are starting from the bottom in 2023. The Buffaloes overhauled virtually their entire roster after going 1–11, a record that tied their worst winning percentage in school history.
In the wake of last season’s disaster, however, Colorado’s 2023 season opener will offer nothing resembling a respite.
The Buffaloes are scheduled to begin the ’23 season with TCU in Fort Worth, Texas—a year after the Horned Frogs made the College Football Playoff, won the Fiesta Bowl and played for the national championship.

Royals pitcher Zack Greinke reached MLB royalty on Saturday when he struck out his 1,000th different batter.
Now imagine that, not merely recording 1,000 strikeouts but retiring 1,000 different MLB pros ready to send his pitches into the stratosphere … truly a feat baseball fans aren’t treated to any given day.
(NOTE: Greinke has 2,914 total career strikeouts … holy smokes.

A trip to the Western Conference finals is on the line.

Someone’s been hanging out with Aaron Rodgers too much and having his third eye open.
Pro Bowl Packer O-lineman David Bakhtiari isn’t mincing words over President Biden’s script responses.
Bakhtiari Pushes Back On Robotic U.S. President
Days after Bakhtiari and Rodgers called out California representative Dianne Feinstein, the newly “based” Bakhtiari is zeroing in on Biden amid his disastrous three-year run as president, which has been largely defined not by the strings he’s pulling as the Leader of the Free World, but for who is pulling his strings.

In his lone season at USC, six-time NBA All-Star DeMar DeRozan guided the Trojans to the program’s only conference tournament championship as a one-and-done freshman. Now, he has high hopes for the latest top-flight recruit heading to his alma mater: Bronny James.
Speaking as a guest on Clippers star Paul George’s podcast, DeRozan talked about Bronny’s commitment to the Trojans and what type of boost Bronny will bring to a program that’s long lived in the shadow of inter-city rival UCLA.